The Settings Menu

The Settings Menu has the folowing options:

• Video - Edit video resolution and other graphic settings.
• Audio - Edit sound and music volumes.
• Music - Setup music preferences.
• Input - Re-configure playing keys and alter key-code timings.
• Update - Automatic update settings.

Video Settings Screen

This screen allows you to alter the following settings:

• Screen resolution - Adjust the screen resolution . Decreasing the resolution may improve program performance, increasing improves the picture quality.
• Main fog distance - Increase to see further in the main view before fogging ocurs. Decreasing may improve program performance.
• Weapon cam fog distance - Increase to see further in the weapon cam view before fogging ocurs. Decreasing may improve program performance if you notice problems when the weapon cam is on.
• Particle density - Decrease to improve program performance. Increase to improve smoke and other effects.
• Full scene anti-aliasing - May improve the graphical look or degrade program performance.
• Specular lighting - Improves the lighting on some models and the console, but may degrade performance.
• Shadows - Turning shadows off may improve performance.
• Low frame rate warning - Displays a warning message if the game runs too slowly. Create all models - Draw all of the objects in the game.
• Create foreground models only - Stops drawing objects in the background. May improve performance.
• Create Essential models only - Stops drawing any object that isn't essential to gameplay. May improve performance.
• Harrier horizontal position - Normally, when at its slowest speed, the Harrier is positioned horizontally central on the screen. This may be altered by moving the cyan slider. When the Harrier speeds up, it usually moves to the left. The position of the Harrier at top speed may be altered by moving the red slider.
• HUD brightness - The brightness of the Target HUD can be altered here.

The buttons along the bottom are:

• Cancel - Cancels any changes and exits.
• Defaults - Restores the factory settings.
• Minimum - Sets the minimum settings, for maximum program performance, but worst quality.
• Restore - Restores the settings prevalent when the screen was entered.
• Apply - Applies the current settings to the display.
• OK - Applies the current settings to the display and exits.

Audio Settings Screen

This screen allows you to adjust the volumes of sounds, or to mute them (turn them off) completely:

• Music - Music volume in the game and on the menus is affected.
• External effects - Sound effects external to the Harrier eg explosions, splashes, bomb whistles etc.
• Internal effects - Sound effects generated inside the Harrier eg Clicking of switches, console warnings etc.
• Key-code entry - Beeps heard as key-codes are entered.
• Engine sounds - Continuous jet and wind sounds made by the Harrier.
• All - Global volume adjustment affecting all of the above groups.

The buttons along the bottom are:

• Cancel - Cancels any changes and exits.
• Defaults - Restores the factory settings.
• Restore - Restores the settings prevalent when the screen was entered.
• OK - Applies the current settings and exits.

Music Settings Screen

This screen allows you to alter the music settings.

On the left are the intensity settings. Each music track has three intensity levels, you may elect to keep the intensity static at one level, or allow the intensity to vary with the on-screen game action.

On the right you may allow the game to play the track that is factory set to play with the mission, always play your favourite track, or randomly play from your own play-list.

Keyboard Settings Screen

Use this screen to alter the keyboard assignments to your own personal preferences. Click on a button to alter the asigned key.

Key-code Settings Screen

This screen allows you to adjust the timing, and practice entry, of key-codes. To practice the entry of keycodes simply enter the keycode as you would in the game. You don't have to have been awarded the code in order to practice it here. For example: The VIFF And Pursue manoeuvre key-code is slower, faster, slower. Rapidly entering the keycode gives the result shown in the Test Window the 62mS is the time elapsed between initially pressing and releasing the slower key, in milliseconds. The 156mS is the time elapsed between releasing the slower key and releasing the faster key. The 157mS is the time elapsed between releasing the faster key and releasing the final slower key.

To adjust the timing of key-codes just move the 'Initial release time' and 'Subsequent time window' slide bars. The 'Initial release time' adjusts the maximum time allowed for the first press and release of the slower key (ie the 62mS in the example). The 'Subsequent time window' adjusts the maximum time allowed between releasing one key, and pressing and releasing the next key of the key-code (eg the 156mS and 157mS in the example). "

See here for consequences of key-code timing.

TrackIR Settings Screen

This screen allows you to adjust which camera axes are controlled by the TrackIR™ head tracker device from Natural Point®.

The yaw and pitch angles may be used to adjust the direction that the camera is pointing.

The Z axis may be used to zoom in on the Harrier, move your head towards the screen.

The X and Y axes can be used to adjust the position of the Harrier on screen. These are disabled by default, the normal, non-TrackIR behaviour remains in force.

Update Settings Screen

Durell Games may occasionally update Harrier Attack II to include bug fixes, improvements and extensions. The game may be set to automatically check online for updates periodically here. Alternatively, you may check for updates at any time by clicking the Update Now button.